Apple patents new screen technology that may allow it to create thinner devices

Well, well, well, what do we have here? A brand new patent has been granted to Apple, which has to do with a new screen technology conceived by the company. Apparently, the way things currently stand, the digitizer (the touch-sensitive element) of the screen is being placed on top of the LCD panel, but with this new patent, Apple envisions the idea of integrating the digitizer withing the LCD panel itself. According to the patent description, this can be achieved in a number of ways. Obviously, this might allow the company to produce even thinner devices for its customers to enjoy. The question is, how comfortable would extremely thin devices be to hold and work with?

Here's brief description of the new patent:

Disclosed herein are liquid-crystal display (LCD) touch screens that integrate the touch sensing elements with the display circuitry. The integration may take a variety of forms. Touch sensing elements can be completely implemented within the LCD stackup but outside the not between the color filter plate and the array plate. Alternatively, some touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates with other touch sensing elements not between the plates. In another alternative, all touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates. The latter alternative can include both conventional and in-plane-switching (IPS) LCDs. In some forms, one or more display structures can also have a touch sensing function. Techniques for manufacturing and operating such displays, as well as various devices embodying such displays are also disclosed.

More info about the patent and technology behind it can be found in the Source link.

5.XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)

well thats sounds good like you said but if i remember correctly, the new iphone is supposed to have a 1440 mAh battery........which is really small for a supposed 4 inch phone with LTE capabilities... So maybe this will help but im not too sure about it...

Just because there is "more room for battery" doesn't mean Apple will add more battery.. LOL. iPhones have such little batteries because the OS is literally 1:1 optimized for the hardware, so there are virtually no wastes in power or CPU cycles. OEMs like Apple don't just stuff phones to the brim with specs desirable to the consumer because they want to work on a profit, So lol, don't expect any 2000mAH iPhones anytime soon.

You're kind of on the right track, but the reason Apple doesn't need such a large battery is because their OS isn't really an OS in the way you would consider Windows, Mac, Linux, or even Android. iOS is more of just an app launcher. There's really no function behind whatever app is running. It's why iOS doesn't support things like widgets or live tiles. It's not a knock at them, it's just the truth. In all honesty, most smartphone users don't need things like that. Then again, most smartphone users don't need smartphones or really know how to use them.

I understand that haha, I didnt want to beat the topic to death. iOS force closes apps in background so often, which limits the amount or parallelism in the OS, and that take stress off of the cpu. And it is no where as dynamically coded as any Android system -- most of the reasons why iPhones have more battery life

erm.. Samsung AMOLED display is their Active matrix organic led display, used on earlier phones.
Samsung "SAMOLED" display is the same as above, but with the touch layer integrated into the display allowing for better brightness and less power consumption.... Samsung have been using SAMOLED displays since the release of the Galaxy i9000 (Samsung Wave S8500 has one) so this isn't new... yet apple of course get a patent for it...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_AMOLED#Marketing_terms

20.Aeires (unregistered)

Seriously doubt Samsung did not patent their technology which means Apple is pursuing a slightly different approach, so at this point this is just a concept until physical evidence exists to back up their claim.

This is the problem with the patent laws. You should not be able to patent an "idea" unless you have a functioning version of the technology you wish to patent. How is it that Apple is patenting ideas for a screen when 1) Apple doesn't even know how to make screens, which is why they buy them from Sharp and LG and whoever else and 2) Samsung is already producing screens utilizing this type of technology! Here come more lawsuits from Apple against Samsung...I bet they think this technology is worth $5 billion...
What a joke!

22.InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)

OK getting very sick and tired of APPLE'S patent B.S. do they even have such a technology existed? I'm pretty sure their paying someone for these granted patents it's like they want to own NO they might as well buy the USPO. and they don't even make screens. And phonerena or any blog website shouldn't POST PATENT articles it's not even news to me unless they show the hardware.

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